Capri

ka'pre, or Goat Island, an island in the Bay of Naples. Its area is about ten square miles. The inhabitants number between 4,000 and 5,000. They are occupied chiefly in fishing and in raising olives and grapes. Capri wine is famous. In the migrating season immense flocks of quails light to feed and rest. They are taken in great numbers. Capri is noted chiefly for a number of remarkable grottoes or caves in the steep limestone coast. They are entered by boats. One is known as the blue grotto, another as the green, from the soft, delightful colors that prevail within. It is thought that the rays of the sun enter the sea and are decomposed, as in the case of the rainbow, and that only the blue or the green portion of the spectrum, as the case may be, is refracted at an angle requisite to enter the cave. The island is about nineteen miles from the city of Naples. It is a favorite resort of tourists and of artists. See Italy